Don't recommend installing gem with sudo #391
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_Not_ installing gems using `sudo` has long been considered a best practice. The original post that popularized this from 10 years has since gone offline, but [it's cached here](https://web.archive.org/web/20101101064608/http://all-thing.net/sudo-gem-install-considered-harmful). But since everything old is new again, this even came up again in [this week's Ruby Weekly](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/531) just this week (linking to [this new post](https://www.moncefbelyamani.com/why-you-should-never-use-sudo-to-install-ruby-gems/)). Here are a couple more [classics](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/psa-do-not-use-system-ruby) of the [genre](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2119064/sudo-gem-install-or-gem-install-and-gem-locations).
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Not installing gems using
sudohas long been considered a best practice.The original post that popularized this from 10 years has since gone offline, but it's cached here. But since everything old is new again, this even came up again in this week's Ruby Weekly just this week (linking to this new post).
Here are a couple more classics of the genre.